Was on a building site years ago, it was around the time when health and safety made the bags of cement a lower weight from 50 kilos down to 25 kilos. The lorry arrived with the new bags of cement and the brickies labourer said that his life would be a bit easier from now on with the lighter bags, and then proceeded to pick up and carry two of them.
@AKUJIVALDO
9 күн бұрын
It is easier as it means you can maneuver those easier...
@Kareszkoma
9 күн бұрын
Bless for those. I can't lift the 50kg bags, nor do I want to. I can work pretty hard, but those are just too much for me. They are hard to grab too, and move into position. 25kg bags are much more handier, easier to move, maneuver and carry.
@Freddy67675
8 күн бұрын
In Germany builders aren't allowed to pick up anything over 30kg
@mkeyx82
8 күн бұрын
It's good for balance to carry stuff in two hands. Maybe not applicable for 2x 25kg bags.
@Kareszkoma
7 күн бұрын
@@Freddy67675 In most civilized countries it's 25kg for man, and 15kg for woman. Barbaric by most of Europes standard. Construction work, and lots of other work are generally unsafe and would be illegal in the rest of Europe. So careful. Other work, above 25kg constitutes as heavy physical work, and goes with extras at other places. Labor laws are hardly the best or okay compared to EU, but it's much better than outside of EU.
@daveolsen5034
Жыл бұрын
I was asked to teach a young man (16) to weld last summer. I said ok, for $40 per hour, so that he would take it seriously. The kid showed up on time, didn't bring his phone, and was surprised when 2hrs went by.!?. I was very happy with his discipline and perseverance, he learned alot, and has helped me on a couple of install jobs since. Gave me hope for the future..!..
@mikebassett9195
Жыл бұрын
Id imagine thats because you treated him well. These lot that do all the moaning treat people like shit.
@Pureblood32
Жыл бұрын
Good
@greenlighter6048
Жыл бұрын
40 hr for a 16 yr ? Dam this inflation
@daveolsen5034
Жыл бұрын
@@greenlighter6048 well, he paid Me $40 per hr to teach him. And he is helping me out for free in exchange for shop time. When it comes time to pay him, Ill probably offer him $20 hr..
@billnyethesciencedenier1516
Жыл бұрын
That's great to hear.
@ohmaigod2
Жыл бұрын
When you realize that 20 years ago was 2003 😅
@seregill13
Жыл бұрын
that is so depressing
@OffGridInvestor
Жыл бұрын
Ikr 🙂
@codyw5799
19 күн бұрын
Wow…… This made me realize a little over 20 years ago I asked a excavation company if I could work in their shop after school sweeping up floors and taking out trash and what not. They brought me in full time during the summer, no overtime because of child labor laws, but in no time I had a wrench and welder in my hand. I look at my nephews now at the same age as I was when I started working, I don’t think they could handle it
@koltoncrane3099
11 күн бұрын
Cody The other thing though is politics. In parts of Idaho they give a week off to let high school students help with potato harvest. In my home town in Utah they literally let students take time off to help with sugar beet harvest decades ago. Politics has changed. We want open borders. Why have teens work when you can get adults to do the exact same job for the same or lower pay? And companies reduce taxes by paying under the table. My cousin quite his cement company doing foundations etc cause he literally couldn’t compete with another company that has workers sleeping at the job site. Now he’s a prison guard. Also two decades of cheap money has pushed tech companies and other less physical jobs and has offshored most physical work and then imported illegals for physical work here.
@sotired7453
10 күн бұрын
And New Year’s Eve we were all waiting bated breath to see if the world would stop working and planes would fall from the sky as programming wasn’t mostly prepared for anything after 1999.😂 Nothing happened.
@hilariousname6826
11 ай бұрын
Why do I have the feeling people have been making these comparisons for about five thousand years? "I can see I'm going to have to build this pyramid by myself! These young fellas today - a couple of lashes of the whip and they're running home to Mommy!"
@Jonathan-A.C.
14 күн бұрын
Circle of life, I suppose Edit: Also like the first comment I found that said something like this
@robertpodbery242
9 күн бұрын
This is absolutely true, they were literally saying this sort of things in roman times
@bas4903
7 күн бұрын
@@robertpodbery242there were you?
@Misack8
6 күн бұрын
We have been making fart jokes since the dawn of civilization, m8.
@hilariousname6826
6 күн бұрын
@@Misack8 What?? So ... what on earth is your point ... m8?
@jamesm875
Жыл бұрын
A few years ago a brickies Labourer was told to make sure there was diesel in the mixer (New Start) and on his first batch he had done what he was told and used Diesel to mix the cement instead of water.
@carlaitken116
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 that’s gold
@jamesm875
Жыл бұрын
@@carlaitken116 even more so that is is true lol. wee edit. Took them over half a shift to clean the mixer out.
@MarkFlik
Жыл бұрын
Heard this story second hand off an old bloke. That years ago a new labourer was shown the ropes on how to drive the mini dumper, once he had it sussed was told to go and fill it with diesel… Came driving back round the corner at crawling pace a few minutes later with fuel sloshing out of the bucket
@danieloliver4558
Жыл бұрын
Although said labourers are pretty dim questions have to be asked of the gov who not only employed him but then failed to explain the job to him like a simpleton
@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesm875 On a tile crew, the foreman told the newbie to go to the truck and get a tile stretcher. About 10 minutes later, he returned with a bungee cord!!! True story.
@TrynagetJacked
Жыл бұрын
Work smart not hard you are just a number and if you drop dead you will be forgotten and replaced within a second
@Azuria969
15 күн бұрын
ok next time you want a new car or a building or want to use a plane, we just say work smart not hard, your flight will be ready in a year and your new house in 100 years work smart not hard such a low effort BS thing to say
@88balloonsonthewall70
12 күн бұрын
@@Azuria969i dont think you have worked in construction at all. Everybody is saying ”work smarter, not harder” because we all see the generation before us whos struggling with bad backs, shoulders, knees and hips. Nowdays we start to see more trouble with the wrists too.
@Azuria969
12 күн бұрын
@@88balloonsonthewall70 yeah I feel ya, my wrists are all messed up because Ive been fisting yo momma all day long 😂 damn Im so immature
@bugwar5545
11 күн бұрын
Work smart AND hard, or you will be replaced in a second and forgotten.
@michaelnazar9358
10 күн бұрын
.
@brianking3565
Жыл бұрын
49 years in the building trade and I’m completely done! We should be retired at 60
@infidel202
Жыл бұрын
True that mate 👍
@corey6393
11 ай бұрын
I'm about 25 years in and I am over it. But now I don't have any other skills to make a decent living. So I go to work in pain every day.
@jackrussel853
11 ай бұрын
Yes my brother in law is a chippy, 61 years old and needs two new knees as his are knackered, i was a groundworker for ten odd years but got out of that maybe twenty five years ago and am now just a fat git 😂
@stephennorman308
11 ай бұрын
I had 43 years and glad to be out
@daman4802
11 ай бұрын
Shocking. Not everyone can work for the NHS or council and retire from a cushy job at 55. You guys have built this country.
@kappaslapper14
Жыл бұрын
20 Years ago they knew if they worked hard they one day be able to buy their own home .
@adamsmith4813
25 күн бұрын
Nah, labourers could never afford that they were just brought up with work ethic.
@dearhunter7206
24 күн бұрын
@@adamsmith4813them labourers would still be working unless they had more about them and built themselves up and prospered... imagine the thin margins of wanting someone who can work hard and graft but who wil also l never get anywhere.
@adamsmith4813
24 күн бұрын
@@dearhunter7206 exactly, the thin margin of someone who just takes pride and works his very best at being a labourer and is proud of it. Very hard to find. My labourer is well above average for today, he's a labourer subjectively because he's a bit slow.
@magneticman245
20 күн бұрын
these days if you work hard, you're rewarded with more work and you'll never be able to buy your own home, even if you get one you're stuck paying your mortgage for 40 years and you'll never retire.
@adamsmith4813
20 күн бұрын
@@magneticman245 exactly, it's been like that since time. 'The more wealth the workers produce the poorer they become, all the while the capitalist becomes richer' - Karl Marx
@adrianbrown7577
24 күн бұрын
Trouble is these days is that all the building companies want someone who can do everything and jump through hoops but only want to pay them shit money
@robertaylor9218
8 күн бұрын
That was the case 20 years ago too
@RickNelms-ge7gu
7 сағат бұрын
amen
@violettaguess4408
Жыл бұрын
My father is 62 and still going strong like the first one. The amount of strength he has in his hands/arms is amazing.
@secredeath
Жыл бұрын
How about you and me give him grandchild 😘
@jacobsamson257
Жыл бұрын
🍝
@jaredbrooker
Жыл бұрын
@@secredeath Your mother must be proud! :D
@secredeath
Жыл бұрын
@@jaredbrooker she will when I bring home Violetta 😁
@jaredbrooker
Жыл бұрын
@@secredeath Well then I must admit, your mother is as pathetic as you are. The apple don't fall far from the tree, does it! :D
@mistypeppercorn914
Жыл бұрын
I had a fella last week and had a runny nose so he asked for a half day of sick leave. I keep forgetting to pick him up in the mornings, wonder why 😂
@mandyward5372
Жыл бұрын
Why not just fire him, stupid
@davethomas4945
Жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
@paddymallory4080
Жыл бұрын
Yeah! Probably best to keep forgetting to pick him up! 😂
@justforlaughs1832
Жыл бұрын
Haha I was working with a lad got a bit of dust up his nose he pulled the sick note after that 🤣
@jamestheferret
Жыл бұрын
I worked for a tree surgeon one new lad didn't turn up one morning, we phoned him up and he assumed we weren't working that day because it was raining!
@painkillerjones6232
Жыл бұрын
"No, I don't want a break" was never said by any laborer. That being said, they DID work their butts off.
@TiredofEarth
29 күн бұрын
its the law to have the break and even if it wasnt, why wouldnt you take a break you get paid the same. only the boss should be not taking breaks, hes the one making all the money.
@user-rg6lv8jq3n
22 күн бұрын
Lol he's full of they old school E's
@craigread5603
18 күн бұрын
Reason #1 for not having a break: going home early
@adamsmith4813
18 күн бұрын
The alcoholic ones don't want to take a break, my labourers are like, nah let's bash on so we can get to pub earlier
@adamsmith4813
18 күн бұрын
@@craigread5603 i take your point but I've never known a family man want to get home early, usually the alkies want to race straight to the pub, pubs are getting busy earlier and earlier nowadays.
@ripvanwincle2258
Жыл бұрын
A proper hod was worth his weight in gold.If he put his boots on the outside of a ladder and slid down in 2 seconds he was a keeper.Walking and climbing with a hod without touching it just balance was a sight to behold.I saw some amazing carriers years ago so skilled they made it look easy.Respect to all the proper hod carriers.
@supermassiveco.
Жыл бұрын
What is a hod? Are the bricks a hod ? Thanks
@crappymeal
Жыл бұрын
Brick forks and cage
@ripvanwincle2258
Жыл бұрын
@@supermassiveco. You put bricks in it or mortar its v shaped goes on the shoulder.
@matthewpovey4682
Жыл бұрын
It's 2023 mate. there's a reason why we can live to 85+ these days dude
Back in the late ‘70’s I worked as a brick tender for one summer. The first week I thought I was going to die but eventually I toughened up to the demands of the job (not downgrade the job to suit my lack of skill or endurance). I was really proud of that work.
@wildtill9
Жыл бұрын
Same here only I did it for about a year. It made me realize the value of a skill and soon after I went to HVAC school and did quite well
@AnonymousWaz
19 күн бұрын
Oh that first week...
@jeffharper7579
17 күн бұрын
I started in 85 just out of school and he did block, brick and real stone, plus foundation coating. In the mid 90s I started a small excavating business and we still did foundation coating til I moved in 2012 ,now I run a front end loader at a small stone quarry . Only 6 of us and I'm almost twice the age of the rest ,they are always on their phones and complain that I move slow but they don't understand that my back, shoulders and neck are bad plus I get arthritis in my neck . they don't know what a hard days work is ( not running machines but doing physical work is) .
@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr
17 күн бұрын
@@wildtill9 i did brick tendor for two years, toughest job ever
@Synergy7Studios
11 күн бұрын
Good for you. Today trades pay new guys minimum wage to destroy their bodies. Get lost with that crap. You guys deserve workers like this. Example: I've been an aircraft mechanic for a year and a half. Been making minimum wage, company refuses to give me a raise despite doing work well above my station. So I don't work that fast anymore. What are they gonna do, not give me a raise????? My competition is dudes that can't even read the directions. I get it done correctly and safely, I just take my sweet time now. Employers deserve this.
@surreyscouse2873
Жыл бұрын
Classic. He should have been asleep in the van during his lift in with a can of Red Bull in his hand and disappeared to McDonald's for lunch.
@MrBez007
Жыл бұрын
Monster seems to be the drink of choice round our way. Rock up at 8 already half way through the first can. The chav laborer must be the worst advert for an energy drink ever as they barely have the energy to do anything but complain
@georgecroney6168
Жыл бұрын
I would sleep every available second, even on lunch breaks but when we got to site id be doing 2:1 the work of some lads. In hindsight we all got paid the same, I should have tried harder at school 😂
@deemcclelland4222
Жыл бұрын
U forgot about the joint hanging outta there mouths now a days with the red bull
@adamsmith4813
25 күн бұрын
Parents are to blame
@jeffmoodie6144
Жыл бұрын
I remember those days. I was a kid on a summer job and the pleasant sound of being hailed from across the job site “LABOURERRRR!”. 100lb jackhammers, wheelbarrows of cement, manual trenching. I advanced from “labourer” to “bullhunk” over the summer. That was well over 20 years ago though, close to 40 now. Now I moved to Mexico and I see the back breaking work these guys do down here with “old school safety” of basically just don’t do anything stupid.
@louisdavitt3228
Жыл бұрын
Why do old people love pretending that their generation was tougher than the ones that came after it?
@arthurdunn1452
17 күн бұрын
Because they are!!
@nomorealone9158
9 күн бұрын
Because times were tougher, no phones, no cameras, you could get robbed on any corner or get your ass kicked in the evening. People had to bust their asses.
@RealitiesCookiejar
8 күн бұрын
@@nomorealone9158 phones and cameras dont make life easier and getting your ass kicked and robbed still sounds better than being knifed by some fresh off the boat mohammedan. You are the john wayne of your own imagination.
@Ruzzky_Bly4t
6 күн бұрын
@@nomorealone9158 "you could get robbed on any corner or get your ass kicked in the evening" So modern day NYC?
@funkymonkeyman1000
Күн бұрын
@@nomorealone9158phones and camera doesn’t make our lives easier it’s you who had the easier lives better economy because of the postwar better society because people actually trust each other and the law was enforced better food because it was real and not processed and covered in pesticides like they are today but yeah you dumb boomers keep convincing yourself We have it easier because we take selfies 🤡🤡🤡
@Teapot-Dave
Жыл бұрын
In my building days back in the 70s and 80s I worked with a couple of Nobbers. A Nobber was a labourer who carried stuff on his head, compo, bricks, blocks, bags of cement - anything. They used an old pullover sleeve rolled into a doughnut under their cloth caps, and carried bricks on an offcut piece of floorboard. Compo (mortar) would be carried on an 18" x 18" piece of thin plywood or something similar, which is the origin of "mortarboards" being worn at graduations.
@markellis3036
11 ай бұрын
Worked 35 yrs ago on a building site. Still one of the hardest things I’ve done. Some real hard men working full on.
@blackinferno57
Жыл бұрын
aight but 20 years ago you also weren't spending 70% of your income just on housing and bills, just to come back to work after doing nothing all weekend for your weekly pittance
@anidamsa4396
Жыл бұрын
In the late 90’s I was a music student in London and need money urgently so got a job on a site near Canary Wharf build a school. £22 per day as a hod carrier to 3 brickies. I started on a Thurs, and for the first time in my life was in bed on a Friday night at 7pm exhausted and my shoulder swollen like a bap. Spent the summer on the site till my new term in sept. I never worked so hard. One of the best learning curves that served me well , I have total respect for builders in general as I know how hard they work. The effort I put into my studies as a result had me flying through music college. I got an amazing tan , became incredibly fit, and learned how to lay bricks into the bargain. Although the work nearly killed me till I developed some basic skill . This made me laugh though, I’m Irish and can relate wholeheartedly 👋😂😂😂👋
@government_costumes-ui5lx
Жыл бұрын
Oh boy lay it on thick, why not worship them for just having job they chose to do? This kind of going on and praising while spewing work ethic propaganda is pathetic!
@joelc9439
Жыл бұрын
22 pounds is still pretty low for the 90s.
@anidamsa4396
Жыл бұрын
@@joelc9439 not for a penniless student . That was net btw not gross. Think it was £45 before tax…
@anidamsa4396
Жыл бұрын
@@government_costumes-ui5lx and you sir are a moron of the highest order… hope your life improves , never mind your day. Being on my own in London at that time with no family for back up as my parents had passed away, and needing money to pay my bills I didn’t have much in the way of options.
@bigthunder7002
Жыл бұрын
@@government_costumes-ui5lxyou have issues
@DrMFoster7
Жыл бұрын
Same pay as 20 years ago, bills cost twice as much.
@cameronmcrae9768
26 күн бұрын
Bills cost a lot more than double now
@giantorres3352
24 күн бұрын
My father was a labourer and could buy a house at 32. No way I'd be able to do that now.
@danjharvey
17 күн бұрын
Simply not true. If you're getting paid the same amount as you were 20 years ago then you need to have a word with your gov'nor. Because he's making away like a bandit.
@jeffproctor1690
13 күн бұрын
But the labor being produced is less than half of what it was then. Employers are still on the losing side hete.
@beingsshepherd
5 күн бұрын
Free music, free video calls, Amazon to your door, lightbulbs that last forever, benefits for anxiety and depression, contactless payments, ...
@aldawgd
14 күн бұрын
Productivity keeps going up decade after decade yet everyone agrees good workers are hard to find! Makes you wonder just how much good workers are being underpaid…
@hughmungusbungusfungus4618
3 сағат бұрын
That's why they're hard to find. They know a good gig when they see one and can find a new job when the current one starts crapping out. Your best bet is to pay them more than they ask for and treat them with the respect they deserve.
@jackmichaelcarr3555
11 ай бұрын
True story: My father is a carpenter His father was a roofer My fathers brothers are builders Their sons are builders I study theatre
@hilariousname6826
11 ай бұрын
Atta boy! Maybe you can make youtube videos mocking the younger generations of carpenters, roofers and builders - just a helpful suggestion!
@JimmyOToole-bu5qk
Жыл бұрын
my brother in dublin is still plastering at age of 84 ,im 66 and and still plastering . it keeps us fit and healthy.
@JonSmith-cx7gr
8 күн бұрын
You mean plastering or getting plastered? I know it is a small difference grammatically but I just wanted to be clear.
@VainerCactus0
8 күн бұрын
@@JonSmith-cx7gr Why not both?
@piasano13
11 ай бұрын
I had a 13 year come to my house and ask if I needed a weed wacking service. He did great and will be back.
@totallyunmemorable
Жыл бұрын
Perfect timing. I just this morning, at age 65, rented a truck from Home Depot, and loaded and then unloaded into my yard, 3-4x4x10' and 9-4x4x8' posts, 2 sheets of OSB, and 12-6x8 wooden fence panels (they weigh a freakin' ton) by myself. I totally sympathize with the lazy guy. Lordy, it's been awhile since I've done any hard labor. Actually building the fence will be the second trial of Hercules, let's hope he (me) survives the experience.
@totallyunmemorable
Жыл бұрын
And he did. Got it all done.
@sionefihaki4571
Жыл бұрын
As a labourer myself this is 1000% accurate..ive worked with labourers who turn up just for the sake of turning up and finding every excuse to not do anything while still getting paid
@bredeyyy7402
11 ай бұрын
I’m a plant op, if I need gates opened etc, I generally have to get out and open them myself, as the labourers/tms can’t be bothered
@robertdeckard2136
11 ай бұрын
It's like this in most lines of work now. People have caught on that they can get paid to stand around, and they can keep getting away with it, so that's what they do. And if the boss/management/staffing manager/whoever actually catches on and starts expecting them to work, they can just leave and get paid to do nothing somewhere else.
@Vibesman2021
11 ай бұрын
Are building site labourers gone really bad? Like the newbies
@freddiehips4019
7 ай бұрын
A good labourer in my experience can be the difference between a good efficient working site and a totally shite one. Keep up the good work.
@531c
Жыл бұрын
Haha about right. 😂. I carried the hod from '77 to '80, loved it. The challenging conditions created a great cameraderie. Now i lay bricks, soon to jack it in as im getting on , Id love to be 16 and hod carrying again.
@jgdooley2003
Жыл бұрын
Different strokes for different folks. I used to be handy enough with small carpentery jobs but there is a world of difference between working on your own and working for someone else for money. The work-rates are much harder on the body and most supervisors only care about output. You then have the conflict between inspectors and safety overseers wanting one thing and the actual supervisors wanting speed at almost all costs. Of course the junior guy gets the blame in all conflicts and issues. What put me off considering a building job in the end was poor eyesight and a visible lack of dexterity in my movements. Quite rightly builders do not want awkward people, possibly working on heights, around their sites.
@michaelwindsor4224
Жыл бұрын
@John Dooley I'm not a fan of heights by any means, but when I did labouring about 5 years back I just worked with trades that wasn't scaffolding and roofing essentially. Lots of trades wants good strong lads, after a few years in offices I'm actually going back to construction as a labourer while I grab my electrical and plumbing. Being able to work at heights is preferable I won't lie, but far from a career killer.
@Ksim3000
Жыл бұрын
I used to be like this when I lived back in the UK. Couldnt do this or that because of such and such. What changed me was when I moved to Eastern Europe to be with my wife. I quickly realised that pulling unnecessary sickies was going to lose me money and I soon learned the concept of "if you dont work, you dont eat." As a result I changed my work ethic.
@mikebassett9195
Жыл бұрын
And yet eastern europeans are desperate to move to UK!!
@jgdooley2003
Жыл бұрын
On leaving school I did 3 years as a milkman working for my father. No sick days or holidays, 7 day weeks at that time but short hours. I was mostly left to my own devices and if things went well I could do the round in about 4 hours. If things did not go well, such as breakdowns, bad weather or absent helpers it could take 7-8 hours. I later joined a company where taking sickies was more common and little consequences or docking of pay. That company lasted 14 years and then I joined another company where sick days were frowned upon and you had to undergo a medical on return to work if the circumstances were unusual. The company also had a policy of random drug and alcohol testing which stamped out working time impairment, at least the visible signs of it. I always look back on my time in the first job as an achievment in having NO sick days in three years simply because no work equaled no pay. The second job was a disaster in that it gave me bad habits regarding attendance and reliability. The 3rd job was right in that going sick had consequences and there was follow up and investigations on each absence.
@asdfjgh
Жыл бұрын
good choice lad, england is a fucking shithole
@madcarew5168
Жыл бұрын
In the 70s a site agent told me while working in Northern Ireland a bloke collapsed,he ran over to where the guy was being helped,he said his first words were " Force Brandy down me throat"!!
@walker9893
16 күн бұрын
Yeah and that guy 20 years ago is either dead or an xray of his knees is like a bag of gravel
@Jerry-ko9pi
Жыл бұрын
After I got out of the military, I started framing house with a Amish company. We worked 10 hour days, had a 15 minute break in the morning and 30 for lunch. I got an extra hour for driving, picking them up and dropping them off everyday. Best company I ever worked for. Most weekends, we had about 7-8 guys working for 6 hours on Saturday to finish up odds and ends sometimes at different jobs. Now on top of that, these guys were also farmers or had horses(all Amish do)so they were up feeding them before work than after work as well. No body fat at all! Hard workers! When the guy was on the phone, reminded me of the new military now. I heard some guys say while I was overseas, "hey, sergeant just called a meeting in 15 minutes" on their cell phones. No OPSEC anymore either. We have gotten lazy as a nation and people believe they deserve something for nothing. You work , then get what you deserve!
@miguelcastaneda7257
Жыл бұрын
Well we ah boomers made mistake of not wanting our kids to work as hard as we did and pay...we succeed now they want two three times the pay and hours to suit their lifestyle...
@Steamaroon
Жыл бұрын
@@miguelcastaneda7257he issue isn’t that people wanted their kid to live a better life and not have to work as hard as they did, what parent wouldn’t want that. The problem is that they did just that but didn’t make sure to still also teach them the value of hard work regardless of if they actually have to work hard. So now the people who have never actually had to do a day of hard work in their life think they deserve more than they get for easy work. They can’t understand that if you want more than minimum wage with no experience or education then you better switch from flipping burgers or typing on a computer to carrying logs or pushing a mower
@OffGridInvestor
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like my last job. 10 to 11.5 hours a day, over 2 hours driving to come back to an off grid house. Made decent money and about to start another job on WAY higher money
@Jerry-ko9pi
11 ай бұрын
@J R It's not the "same" guy 20 years later, it's a new guy who doesn't want to work or know what work is, they expect that they DESERVE a better job or an easier job is owed to them
@kurtcobain6075
11 ай бұрын
I've worked my ass off at every. Single. Job. I've had and never got so much as a raise when it wasn't legally required by law. There's no point in busting your ass if you're not gonna get paid like it. Want me to work harder? Pay me more.
@shaunfisher9292
Жыл бұрын
A bricklayers hod carrier was a fit strong man. In the seventies and eighties they worked so hard. From the footings to pumping everything up a ladder, there was no scaffolding and the bricklayers where working overhand most of the time. Some of the best labourers could keep four brickeys going.
@UhhhhOhhh
Жыл бұрын
You see these 50+ year old guys still on site, backs and knees completely destroyed... But at least they can tell themselves how much harder they used to work back in the day. 😂😂😂
@mistervelux
Жыл бұрын
Worked on 2 old boys when I was 19... took 5500 calories a day to keep in front!
@birdsbin4588
Жыл бұрын
im a laborer for a long time block layer rn, and there was scaffolding but it was with pallets and wood. we still do it but not three story's in the air like he used too XD
@thekillingofamerica3385
Жыл бұрын
No scaffold....😂..back in the 70s.. We had to make our own bricks.. And there was no colour.. Just black and white.. That's how poor we were.
@mistervelux
Жыл бұрын
@@thekillingofamerica3385 luxury... we didn't even have black n white!
@davidreeves-turner6572
11 ай бұрын
Can you imagine what it was like when I first set foot on a building site in 1977…
@Jake-ty4bs
11 ай бұрын
it was a brand new world. correct ?
@northwoodsdad7506
Жыл бұрын
Standard foreman, complaining constantly about the guys that are doing the physical work while he does the lite easy stuff. Oh he also is the one that gets all the bonuses...
@leelotungal819
11 ай бұрын
My first job as a young man was exactly this, got to say it was brutal but super rewarding aswell. Going home after a long days work was amazing.
@daveparkes8539
Жыл бұрын
Last year I hired my friend's 23yr old son to assist me on a warranty paid flooring repair 3 hrs away. $25hr including travel. 10 hr day. I said if you commit don't back out. The night before he texted me. "Gotta bail bro. Got the sniffles. You never know." Next day I texted his mom. "Job got canceled this morning due to blizzard conditions. I got paid the min 4hrs for helper and 4hrs for me @ $75hr. Too bad your son bailed." ....no reply. I went back 3 days later with a 16yr girl who said "Just show me what to do and when to be ready." Money follows good honest work. All day, everyday.
@JD-wn3cc
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely. And even when the economy goes belly-up and times are tough, its the hard workers that make their way through it, and it's not by luck either.
@trooperthatsall5250
Жыл бұрын
Running Cat6 cable had a guy I used all the time, he was so so flaky in the end someone mentioned that his sister is looking for work, PLEASE give her a try, she is so willing. I interviewed her and she was eager and was happy to do whatever was needed. In lock down she did a few courses and passed her exams, she now has her own tools, van and is running her own business. I will tell you know, she was the best assistant I had, always on time, did everything we asked and more, learned to terminate, clip, test you name it she was great. It all has to be about he attitude and if they want to learn. ~Trooper
@government_costumes-ui5lx
Жыл бұрын
Yet another propaganda tall tail this designed to show girl power!
@government_costumes-ui5lx
Жыл бұрын
@@JD-wn3cc nah, because the economy is gone, there's no money nor nothing to do for anything you need or want it'll just be over! Yay! No more work ethic propaganda!
@government_costumes-ui5lx
Жыл бұрын
@@trooperthatsall5250 lol i know this one is bullshit for sure, via they threw in a work ethic propaganda classic "attitude"! Yeah when that word is randomly mentioned or thrown around, run you don't want to bother with those idiot dick waggers!
@MonstaTrapz
Жыл бұрын
I worked with real knowledgable old boys back in the 90's, my own dad being one of them. If only i knew how golden them days were at the time! I look on site now, and it's all young lads. No one gives a shit about workmanship anymore. It's all about throwing it up in time and ticking boxes.
@paarker
24 күн бұрын
Too many rules and bull shit. It puts people off working and lowers the pay. The more stuff you do not working, the less you can produce. I spend all my time doing paperwork these days. Who can be arsed if you are young. It’s soul destroying.
@Misterkettukettu
Жыл бұрын
the difference is that 20 years ago you got paid fairly, today you dont
@Jake-ty4bs
11 ай бұрын
and just whose fault is that ?
@Misterkettukettu
11 ай бұрын
@@Jake-ty4bs greedy companies, inflation, bad political decisions... there are many reasons
@northernnaysayer1240
11 ай бұрын
@@Jake-ty4bs not the labourers. You pay peanuts you get monkeys.
@SteelBuckeye
9 ай бұрын
You get paid your worth. “Greedy companies”. Lol muppet.
@jamiejosh96
9 ай бұрын
Not sure wtf your talking about, pay was poor 20 years ago on site with longer hours
@kevinosullivan2510
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant but that's the reality sad but true 😂
@Jake-ty4bs
Жыл бұрын
as a 40 year journeyman mason i retired , i had to work my way up from a hod carrier, and the trade is dying because the young people don't want to work that hard they want every thing given to them , but today i can drive all around central, west east ,north, and south ohio and see the thing's i helped build and the feeling i get is terrific knowing i was part of crew's that were proud of their work, i will be long gone but the building's will still be there, i even wrote my name and date's on the inside of block's for future generation's to see someday
@tomingawaka4622
Жыл бұрын
It's not about having things handed to you, it's about not destroying your back for $20 an hour
@tightbhole420
Жыл бұрын
@@tomingawaka4622 man needs a purpose
@altt-check1-2
Жыл бұрын
@@tomingawaka4622 - man up
@sillyninja65
Жыл бұрын
tbf to the youngens though they wont get much out of it, housing prices used to be an arms reach away compared to now where it would take easily 15 years of saving. however thats only half the reason, the other halfs straight up laziness and social media enabling instant gratification
@jerrysanderson772
Жыл бұрын
@@tomingawaka4622 waaaaaa. Suck it up buttercup.
@DeluxeRyan
11 ай бұрын
20 yrs ago you could buy a house on your own as a labourer. Nowadays you struggle to make rent nevermind get a mortgage. Stop thinking it was so tough back then
@dougzthou
Жыл бұрын
Lol, so true. I was a Plumbing & Heating engineer. The young apprentices I had were mostly useless. Didn’t wanna learn or work hard, always playing on their phones. Did my bloody head in. Eventually I refused to teach anybody. Shame as we desperately need young blood in the industry.
@tommy2buttz668
Жыл бұрын
Yeah same here, trying to teach plumbing to dumbfounded dipshits at the same time I'm doing a job. They all have health issues , need to use the bathroom constantly, need to eat , have anxiety and of course they are underpaid and need to be making journeyman wages with little to no experience. Told my boss I'll only work with another plumber not a kid with an attitude sitting on his ass playing with his phone all the time.
@mikebassett9195
Жыл бұрын
Do your kids or nephews work in the industry
@finlaymcdiarmid5832
Жыл бұрын
Plenty of them going about. Useless fuckers. I don't understand those bellends, its hard enough to get a job let alone taking the piss when you get one or a apprenticeship!
@sasagrcevic475
11 күн бұрын
This is part of the problem. These kids are not paid enough, no one wants to learn them anything so they don't see the point in slaving for some company where you are just a pack mule. I worked in similar job where you had to "steal" knowledge. And all you had on site was fake friends who wanted to use you so they don't have to work hard jobs. Ofc there is a lot of idiots who play on the phone these days but those don't last on jobs like construction. Those who do last eventually get sick of being treated like trash and paid shitty wages to do some hard fucking labor. Work hours don't help either. You work 10h a day for 6 days. No one wants to do this today. And they are right.
@kerrysupporter
Жыл бұрын
Rory I’m glad to see you back man
@744cherrybomb
Жыл бұрын
I’m builder labourer keep up the good work Rory from England 🏴
@peanuts2105
26 күн бұрын
You must have hydraulics for arms, back made of 2by4 and a sense of humour that could make an army sapper blush
@jasonduke3608
Жыл бұрын
I used to work at home depot in my 20's and we had this guy from Africa, I use the term " fresh off the boat" because he didn't understand alot of American customs. He was smart as a whip worked harder than anyone in the dept, knew his products. He was a tall muscular lean guy. We got to know each other kind of well , I'd ask him all sorts of stuff about Africa. Anyway one day it was busy and he was just really working going up and down ladders grabbing stock and stuff. Somehow the conversation got to age I was chugging along sweating and he said " you americans are all alike out of shspe and slow" he meant it as a tease. He asked me how old I was I said 27 he started laughing telling me I'm going to beca turtle when I'm in my 40's I asked him how old he was and he said " 72" my jaw hit the floor. This guy was a freaking machine. I thought at best maybe late 30's very early 40's. Holy fresh. I'm 49 and he was right I'm slow as a turtle!
@TS-jm7jm
11 ай бұрын
to be fair, im from africa, blacks take longer to show their age than whites, it's just the way it is, he is right about americans being out of shape and slow though, it has been the case with every american i met who came to zimbabwe.
@nomorealone9158
9 күн бұрын
africans happen to lie about their age, one way or another! so dont take it too seriously mate. He probably fcked wit you and you believed it lol
@letmeoffthisplanet6208
Жыл бұрын
It isn't just the labourers who can be an utter waste of space although the rates offered to them in general are absolutely shocking so in a sense why should they break their backs but the apprentices can be even worse.
@gehillz4075
Жыл бұрын
A lot of people are meant for the trade and industry they just havent got the gumption to get on with the work loads. It's an adjustment for sure especially for young apprentices who don't know their ass from their elbows
@whyshouldsergregorturnbrig6879
Жыл бұрын
What I liked about labouring is I was treated like an adult. So theres an alternative answer for you
@mdipltd7404
Жыл бұрын
Gave up on apprentices.
@andrewwalters286
Жыл бұрын
I remember being on the shovel and using the Irish tumble dryer Best days of my life
@jons1809
Жыл бұрын
Great to see another video! Keep em coming
@AlphaQuebec5446
11 күн бұрын
My dad had a new labourer turn up in desert boots last year.
@handreard
Жыл бұрын
Spot on but only thing that has not changed in 20 years is wages
@jamesward5721
Жыл бұрын
They did change - they went down. A lot. When I was a kid, labourers would clear 600 quid a week easily - in the 80's. Plenty more if they were a go-er. Now they're on 400.. and it's euros, not pounds, which is even less again..
@penman1289
9 күн бұрын
Hahahahahaha, the phone behaviour so true thanks for the laugh it made my day
@Chrislee-kl5wc
Жыл бұрын
20 years ago Haha 30 years ago, no hi vis, and the mixer was huge and you started it with a handle. 😂
@indianajoe771
Жыл бұрын
Its a mixed bag here in the States. Some guys work so hard you wonder how they keep it up. Others… if you’re not staring directly at them they’ll take a nap. Like adult baby sitting. Hilarious video!
@frack136
19 күн бұрын
I'm 63, luckily got out of the construction 20yrs a go, but still managed to destroy my back, along with an inoperable hernia. MUGS GAME
@youngbaby3173
Жыл бұрын
the laborer 20 years ago went back to his own home the one today goes back to a 1 bedroom apartment/his mothers basement.
@oscarosullivan4513
Жыл бұрын
@@Nikolai3855 What do you mean a toilet paper currency
@nomorealone9158
9 күн бұрын
Or the single room 2x2 for 700£ a month. Fck working hard
@wild4fp
7 ай бұрын
Break your back for pittance and get abuse compared to driving a Sainsbury's delivery for more money...
@ryanlove2682
Жыл бұрын
There no flakes now you can’t send a apprentice to merchants to get a glass hammer and tartan paint it’s classed as bullying 😂😂
@mrjhon8470
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@ryandavid8247
Жыл бұрын
😂
@joshuathorp1557
Жыл бұрын
I pushed the apprentice into a hole we had both dug together the previous day. After that I barged into him and made him drop the bag he was carrying. I will continue this until I see him work as hard as me when I was his age
@ryanlove2682
Жыл бұрын
@@joshuathorp1557 mate there lazy wee fuckers now a days allways on the phone wanting picked up and dropped off and they think they know everything
@jimv2094
Жыл бұрын
@@joshuathorp1557 wow, your hard aren't you, bullying a young apprentice!!.. ,try it with one of the real men on site, like some Irish lads, !!
@user-zc9xl4ne3u
7 ай бұрын
I was a labourer to 2 bricky brothers who were on piece work. Very hard work to keep them going. They taught me a few things. 3 mixes on first thing, one mix on the spots, one in the barrow and the third on the go then get the kettle on. Oh and fill all the spots with bricks. Hard work especially when they were laying block flat. 9"!. But they were fair paid me more when they hit bonus and if it was ever rained off I was paid for day. But you had to make it up next day. Back in the 80's it all went up the ladder.
@cannz9134
29 күн бұрын
We used to get paid 250 quid a week but the sad thing is that 600 today won't buy you any more. I drove a saab 900 and smoked 40 cigarettes a day, on 250 sheets a week then. Ain't nobody doing that now
@dev4statingx90
Жыл бұрын
Tradesmen are under paid, that's why no one wants to do it anymore. Don't look down on the young for not wanting to do it, they just want better.
@bigsam5171
Жыл бұрын
You do get some like this but most just crack on with it. To be honest the wages for a labourer are so shit and the cost of living so high these days its no wonder they have no motivation
@MrMatador29
29 күн бұрын
i work as a labourer and i can assure you i dont struggle to get by, ditch the £3/4 coffees ditch the lunches out barring a friday treat, ok im a skilled labourer but you can make it work, it helps if you dont owe your coke dealer money every week too
@bigsam5171
29 күн бұрын
@MrMatador29 yeah I hear you, I'm a telehandler operator myself and the money is ok but I still think all site wages should be higher considering the dangers of working on site, all the dust we breathe I every day etc. Plus the big house building companies making millions selling the houses me and you help build
@adamsmith4813
25 күн бұрын
Average age of a labourer 20 yrs ago was 16/17, now it's 35.
@bigsam5171
25 күн бұрын
@adamsmith4813 true, I was on a site a year ago and the two labourers were both on their 50s
@adamsmith4813
25 күн бұрын
@@bigsam5171 also the motivation when I was young wasn't whether or not the wage was good you had to do it. Work ethic. Parents have changed and are to blame for these kids lack of work ethic imo.
@user-li1bg5ex5e
Күн бұрын
I was on site 24 years ago as a brickie. Mortar was supplied in tubs, folk lift trucks used to transport tubs and bricks. No cement mixer used on the big sites.
@Haldinyar
16 күн бұрын
You forgot the 20 smoke breaks, and just waiting in the car for an hour when he gets to site.
@hardworker645
Жыл бұрын
God bless you and your family Rory
@schnozz87
7 күн бұрын
The only question you want to hear from a labourer "what next?"
@pincermovement72
11 ай бұрын
Tried bricklaying labourer when I left school, learnt me a valuable lesson .
@hoonaignachowaneha
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to thank god's chosen people for putting an unskippable 30 second ad in front of a 46 second video.
@northislandguy
Жыл бұрын
Man 20 years ago if you dared to call in sick, you literally had to be on your deathbed 😂
@paulchisholm3305
Жыл бұрын
As a fit 23yr old back in 1993 I had to labour for 2 brickies on site when their man was off sick. He was a scrawny looking older guy as I recall? OMG by the end of the day I was broken. Mixing and wheelbarrowing cement up 2 levels of scaffolding back and forth! I couldn't keep up! I had so much respect for their man after that but god was I glad he came back the next day! 😊 Don't mind a bit of graft but that was an eye opener for me!
@mickgoldring1346
Жыл бұрын
I used to carry the hod in the early 80s I loved it especially going over the pub at lunchtime having a couple of pints before getting back on site and knocking up a mix, all within half a hour. Everyday.
@oscarosullivan4513
Жыл бұрын
Did the work allow you to be able to drink quite a considerable amount of beer
@fallingleaves2672
Жыл бұрын
I mean, you get out what you put in. Most of these laborers make less today than 20 years ago because the cost of living has exceeded wage growth. I'm not about to go bust my ass when it doesn't pay a living wage, I wouldn't expect anyone else to either.
@TheRussRave
Жыл бұрын
I'd swear that when I was on the tools in the 1990's, I encountered a few fellas who must have been time travelers from 30 years in the future!
@DavidLee-vi8ds
11 ай бұрын
They were ahead of their time.
@lukecronquist6003
11 ай бұрын
If the pay is shite and the prospects are worse, expect only the minimum :)))
@alestout5632
25 күн бұрын
Done my last job at 66 (labouring ) my Mrs said are you trying to keep up with the young ones ? Not blowing my own trumpet I had to say to her no there trying to keep up with me 😄
@markh5433
Жыл бұрын
I started on the old YTS scheme £30 a week, he worked me to death everyday….. but I learnt live long skills of him. Oh and yes I know what a skyhook is now😂
@Kim-rc8ym
Жыл бұрын
Mammy is the only one that's going listen
@theflyingninja1
Жыл бұрын
So scarily accurate.
@martingaynor5017
Жыл бұрын
never thought I'd ever say it . but your spot on pal😂😊
@unclelarry9138
Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of it is people are fed up with working very hard and not getting enough pay out for it. The owner or boss is making all the money and doing nothing. People are revolting. Either pay them well or you are not getting the work done period! I am one of them dummies that worked my rear off.
@hughmungusbungusfungus4618
3 сағат бұрын
Man, I'm one of those bosses. I work 20% more than any of my guys, I'm responsible for everything they do good or bad, I don't get paid overtime, and honestly my pay ain't much better. You need to get off your entitled ass and remember that it's not all roses and sunshine.
@infidel202
Жыл бұрын
You nailed it mate 👍
@sirdigbychickencaesar71
Жыл бұрын
😂 ah this made me chuckle. all though the tea break thing was way off I was a scaffold laborer 23 years ago and it was Graft for 25 mins, tea n smoke, graft for 30 mins.... tea n smoke rinse and repeat all day. end of the day roll up some hash, smoke that, go home shower, eat , bed. wake up do it again.
@mead6754
Жыл бұрын
I was always the lad to push the barrow, remember going over single scaffold planks with it heart was in my mouth, hard work then
@robertwilson948
Жыл бұрын
I've been knocking my pan in for years. I'm 55 . The building trade is nothing without us lads.
@williebobs3830
Ай бұрын
My old Irish grandmother used to say, never stop an Englishman when he's working. It's hard enough to get them started.
@asdfjgh
Жыл бұрын
the state of prices and wages today not worth it breaking your back for peanuts
@howiseeit5326
25 күн бұрын
Mum pls come and collect me 😂😂😂
@richard1849
Жыл бұрын
this is waaaaaaay too true. Im only 47 and it blows my mind how grandpa will get into it but skippy er there literally wants a band aid. Ive been though it.
@finlaymcdiarmid5832
Жыл бұрын
Guy at my work had a bus caliper dropped on his pinky finger. He went, "ouch that was sore" he had broken it and went on the rest of the day then went to the hospital afterwards. Legend.
@bobdobric6787
Жыл бұрын
The best times and least stressful of my life were during the years i was a labourer i slept well and ate heaps worked my 8 - 9 hours a day . Ive found as ive got older simple work keeps you happy even though it was heavy and hard they were grand days
@jgdooley2003
Жыл бұрын
When I was getting an extension built on my house, mid terrace so that everything had to brought in by hand through the hall way and all earthworks had to be hand dug, the builders used to bring a loaf of bread EACH to work. On the first day I thought that someone made a mistake but each of the builders got through the bread by lunchtime, along with industrial amounts of sweet tea and other high calorie foods. Non of them had a pick of body fat on them due to the high rate of manual work needed to do the job in the absence of heavy machinery, The building company was a small outfit that specialised in attic conversions and rear extensions in sites with little or no vehicular access. The cost was higher than a green field site but you could see why.
@MarkHK66
11 ай бұрын
Difference is people can do less with their money now than they could before. Amazing what feeling like you get rewarded fairly for a job does to a work ethic...
@mikefabbi5127
17 күн бұрын
We always knew where to find our labourer, in the shade on his phone.
@phaiz55
Жыл бұрын
If anything this is a representation of how much the worker is getting paid. If you want performance like #1 you're gonna pay for #1, else you're getting guy #2.
@robertjohnson9039
Жыл бұрын
I was helping my step dad lay bricks at 15 y/o now 64 great times
@VR46314
Жыл бұрын
Fucking hell la , big job on then if it’s taken 49 years and still going fair play
@KuwaharaBMXRider
Жыл бұрын
One on top of two lad 👍🏻
@jonshaw9472
Жыл бұрын
Oh man! Thats good, ive been a chippy for 42 years and when i started i never in million years thought young people would spend every hour staring at a portable telephone.
@bazboo1284
Жыл бұрын
You forgot the 'having to knock on the toilet door' scene
@hugodingwall2842
Жыл бұрын
I’m watching this on site right now ..meant to be building lol
@gerryoconnor8751
Жыл бұрын
Where have you been Rory?. We miss you so much. 😢
@ttherealmikemonster
Жыл бұрын
5.1 gang and love the work. The more work the better. you're not going to pass the day doing nothing. good video man
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